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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 44 - REVENUE - REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES (§§ 44-1-101 — 44-50-1001)
AUTOMOBILES (§§ 44-20-101 — 44-20-440)
Article 20 - SALE OF SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES (§§ 44-20-101 — 44-20-440)
Part 1 - MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (§§ 44-20-101 — 44-20-142)
Section 44-20-130 - Drafts not honored for payment - penalties
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CO Rev Stat § 44-20-130 (2023)
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- (1) If a motor vehicle dealer, wholesaler, or used motor vehicle dealer issues a draft or check to a motor vehicle dealer, wholesaler, used motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle auction house, or consignor and fails to honor the draft or check, then the license of the licensee shall be subject to suspension pursuant to section 44-20-104(3)(e)(I). The license suspension shall be effective upon the date of any final decision against the licensee based upon the unpaid draft or check. A licensee whose license has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (1) shall not be eligible for reinstatement of the license and shall not be eligible to apply for any other license issued under this part 1 unless it is demonstrated to the board that the unpaid draft or check has been paid in full and that any fine imposed on the licensee pursuant to subsection (2) of this section has been paid in full.
- (2) Any motor vehicle dealer, wholesaler, or used motor vehicle dealer that issues a draft or check to a motor vehicle dealer, wholesaler, used motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle auction house, or consignor and who fails to honor the draft or check, causing loss to a third party, commits a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars. Any fine collected for a violation of this subsection (2) shall be awarded to the law enforcement agency that investigated and issued the citation for the violation.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-6-121.6 and amended by 2018 Ch. 7,§ 2, eff. 10/1/2018.
L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-030), ch. 7, p. 85, § 2, effective October 1.
This section is similar to former § 12-6-121.6 as it existed prior to 2018.
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